Community Chat

[JFD12]

This beautiful blue heron showed up in my backyard when I opened my shades in the morn before going to work. He is beautiful! Where did he come from? My hubby said he was looking into our koi pond!  All the fish are safe! Beautiful bird, safe fish! 🐟 He flew off like a pterodactyl! I was in awe! 😍

[on the bay]

@JFD12,

I can imagine how you felt. They are such amazing birds. I could watch them for a long time.

You got a beautiful picture!

[Spacrazy]

That's awesome!  

[Kachina624]

What a treat to see!

[BlueFinch]

That is awesome. I would have been thrilled to see this beautiful heron in my yard. Good to hear the Koi were safe. 

[Lilysmom1]

@JFD12 Great photo.

My friend has a koi pond and the birds were always sizing it up.  He put the skeleton of a big patio umbrella over the pond and covered it with netting.  It stopped the birds.  How do you protect yours?

[catter70]

I had one on my shed roof several years ago. He was scoping out the neighbors pond. Most recently when coming home from the bank, I saw one in the creek. They are beautiful.

[geezerette]

I see them often coming to my pond.  I've even seen them in the winter when there's snow on the ground and ice on the pond.

Very cool birds.  And neat to see them sunning themselves.

[SilleeMee]

Blue herons have special chest feathers that grow long. The birds use their claws to fray those feather into a type of powdery substance which they spread on their bodies to clean off and absorb slime/oils from their watery environment. It's like they make their own 'dry shampoo'!

[Still Raining]

Oh my!  Never in my life have I seen such a sight!  Thanks for the image.  Did not actually know they would balance on a fence top.